116 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 



sapida^ Wall.), but the male amenta are, as described by Zuccarini, 

 simple and cylindrical, about an inch long, whilst in M, integrifolia 

 they are always branched or compound. The fruits are also solitary 

 and globose, not racemose and ovoid. 



Conifers. 



Finns Sinensis^ Lamb. — Endl. Conif, p. 185, 



This tree forms the greater portion of the tree vegetation of the 

 Island. 



Gnetace^. 



Gnetnm funiculare, Sm.— Wight, Ic. t. 1955. 



Common in the Happy Valley and on Victoria Peak, but rarely seen 



in flower or fruit. 



CHLORANTHACEiE, 



Sarcandra cidoranthoides, Gardn.— Wight, Ic. 1. 1946 ?~Ckloranthus 



monandeTy Br. ? 



In ravines. The leaves are shorter and broader, and the spikes also 

 shorter and more dense than in the few East Indian specimens I have 

 seen ; but I can find no other difference. 



PiPEBACEiE. 



Chavica 



sequalibus 



molliter pubescentibus, amentis masculis brevissime pedunculatis re- 

 flexis. — Hamuli pubemli, demum glabrati. Folia 3-4 poll, longa, 

 li-2 poll, lata, obtusa, infra medium latiora, sinu baseos profundo 

 clauso, auriculis late rotundatis sese incumbentibus, crassiuscule mem- 

 branacea, supra glaberrima, subtus reticulata et pube brevi fere velu- 

 tina. Petioli 4-6 lin. longi. Amenta mascula poUicaria v. pauUo 

 longiora, crassiuscula, pedunculo recurvo crasso vix 2 lin. longo. 



.ma 



Stamina 2. Amenta fc 



non vidi. 

 Eavines < 



all 



ARISTOLOCHIACEiG. 



longifoUa 



scriceo-villosis 



